The Beloved in the Palm

Chapter 19 The daring Xue Qingyin!

Jin Xiang is in his thirties, with a beard and a simple and honest face. If it weren't for his eye-catching beard, you wouldn't be able to find him in the crowd.

When he saw Xue Qingyin, he immediately saluted: "The young master has already given orders to the younger ones. The older lady just sends me."

I'm just afraid that the eldest girl doesn't even know how to send people.

Jin Xiang thought.

Doing business is not that simple.

He hasn't learned anything since he was a child, and now he has to take over such a big stall. It's not that he looks down on older girls, but it's this thing... it's destined to be yellow!

Forget it, just treat it as playing house with someone, and just wait for it!

Jin Xiang comforted himself in his heart and drove Xue Qingyin to the outskirts of the city himself.

As soon as she left the city, Xue Qingyin rolled up the curtains and just breathed in the fresh air outside.

This made Mrs. Xue glare at her several times, fearing that she would be blown away.

"What is that?" Xue Qingyin suddenly said.

She saw a black cloth from a distance, no, to be precise, it was a black mushroom, located in one place.

It's too far away to see clearly.

"It's the base camp of the Xuanwu Army." Jin Xiang said.

"Xuanwu Army?"

"They are the personal guards of His Highness King Xuan." Jin Xiang smiled and continued: "Thirty miles away, there is the camp of the Xuanwei Army. The Xuanwei Army is the elite of the army in the hands of His Highness King Xuan. "

Xue Qingyin nodded.

She had read a lot of novels before, and she knew more or less ancient rules.

For example, when the general returns, the army cannot enter the capital. After all, there are so many people in Wuya, who knows when you come to the city whether you will win and return to the government, or whether you are here to rebel?

So they would camp outside the capital, either on mountains or fields.

Since the Han Dynasty, it has generally been based on fields. When you take up arms in wartime, you become a soldier; when you put down your arms in peacetime, you become a soldier.

As Jin Xiang drove forward, his scalp became more and more numb.

Xue Qingyin noticed that something was wrong with his expression, so she asked, "Shopkeeper Jin, what's wrong?"

Jin Xiang said awkwardly: "I haven't been to Zhuangzi in the suburbs for some time. It seems that I am getting closer to Zhuangzi now. But why is it so close to the camp?"

Xue Qingyin pointed to the road: "Isn't the camp over there?"

Jin Xiang said: "Yes, when we enter this road, we have to turn and go that way." Jin Xiang paused and said, "How about we come back some time later?"

Xue Qingyin was puzzled.

Is it terrible to be a neighbor in a camp?

"It doesn't matter, just keep moving forward." Xue Qingyin said.

Mrs. Xue nodded secretly from behind.

That's right, your daughter's family should take her out to see the world more often. Raised in a boudoir, how could one see such a stable posture?

The carriage drove for another half an hour before stopping in front of a village.

Behind Zhuangzi are mountains and forests.

In front of Zhuangzi are fields.

The Xuanwu Army's camp was actually two miles away from them.

But even so.

The sweat on Jin Xiang's forehead also increased visibly.

"Master Jin? It's Master Jin here!" The servant guarding the door of Zhuangzi hurriedly ran to report inside.

Jin Xiang was a little embarrassed.

In front of these two people, who is he?

After a while, a middle-aged man came out with a few servant girls.

There are about ten people, big and small.

"This is madam, this is the eldest girl in the house." Jin Xiang wiped the sweat from his forehead and whispered.

A woman rubbed her hands nervously, saluted quickly, and said: "The last time I saw my wife bringing the eldest girl to the village was three or four years ago. In the blink of an eye, she looked like this, and she didn't dare to recognize her. After all, it’s your family that raises noble people.”

The woman was very attentive, but Mrs. Xue's expression was indifferent, and she even looked a little bored.

Before she could speak, a servant suddenly trembled: "Come, come, come again..."

Jin Xiang asked in confusion: "What's coming?"

As he spoke, everyone turned to look.

I saw a young general in armor leading a few soldiers towards this side.

Jin Xiang's expression changed and he shouted sharply: "Speak clearly! What's going on? Did Zhuangzi offend Master Bing?"

"Yes, there is some dispute..." The middle-aged man in the lead hesitated.

Jin Xiang sneered: "I dare not tell the truth in front of my master now. How can I pay it back in the future?"

The middle-aged man then said: "It's not that the land in Liujiazhuangzi has been idle for some time. We saw how much it would be a pity to leave it alone, so we thought about buying it."

Jin Xiang pursed his lips: "I know this. What happened next?"

"Later... Liujiazhuangzi refused to agree. He even ridiculed us, saying that he would not sell the land to us until it died."

Mrs. Xue sneered: "What's the point of hemming and hawing?"

The middle-aged man knelt down with a thud: "It's just that the people below are so brave. Seeing that the recent land has started to be planted again, they can't figure it out and blocked the human soil ditch! Later I found out that the people working there now are Xuan, Xuanwu Army..."

The so-called moisture ditch is a road channel that diverts water.

Blocking other people's drains is disgusting enough.

And luckily, he managed to block the Xuanwu Army's head!

When Jin Xiang heard this, he almost knelt down.

"Fuck you...fuck you..." Jin Xiang gritted his teeth.

He just said, why is there a servant outside today when I come here? He is hiding from the Xuanwu Army.

Mrs. Xue also had a headache.

And while he was talking, the marching sergeant had already walked up to him.

"Is the door open today?" The young general snorted.

Zhuangzi was so frightened that he knelt down: "I've met the military master!"

Xue Qingyin: "..."

Mrs. Xue pinched Xue Qingyin's wrist, probably because she didn't want her to be afraid. Then she turned around and asked politely, with a bit of the grace of a minister's wife, "May I ask who you are?"

"Du Hongxue, the general manager of the Xuanwu Army's left and right Yuhou under King Xuan." The young general said politely, "May I ask who you are?"

When everyone heard this, they secretly thought to themselves, is he the commander-in-chief of the First Army at such a young age? It must be awesome...

Zhuangzi immediately shrank even more.

"Shilang Xue of the Ministry of Finance is a foreigner." Mrs. Xue's voice sounded. Before she could say a few more words.

The young general's eyes lit up, and he suddenly looked at Xue Qingyin standing aside, saying, "Then this is...Miss Xue?! I still can't recognize her even though I'm wearing Muli!"

Everyone was startled.

……know?

Even Mrs. Xue was stunned for a moment.

Xue Qingyin looked confused.

ah? Have you seen it?

The young general took a step forward suddenly and asked: "How is Miss Xue? That day..."

At this point, he realized that something was wrong, and he couldn't talk nonsense.

"That day?" Mrs. Xue interrupted.

Xue Qingyin knew where she had seen him.

Just fly the kite that day.

She was dizzy and didn't see this person. But this person was following King Xuan and must have seen her.

"On the day I was lost, when Princess Jinque took me away, I met His Highness Prince Xuan on the road." Xue Qingyin said calmly and calmly.

"Ah, yes, yes!" the young general hurriedly echoed, fearing that he would say something he shouldn't and ruin the girl's honor.

Mrs. Xue's face relaxed. So that’s it.

Zhuangzi also breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the eldest girl in the family knows them, can't this matter be dealt with lightly?

But thinking about it carefully, this doesn’t seem to count as acquaintance.

It’s called a one-sided relationship...

Everyone in Zhuangzi felt like they were fetching water from a bamboo basket. They were in a state of confusion and were really frightened.

And Xue Qingyin in this room naturally took the place of Mrs. Xue and started talking with the young general.

She said: "You are feeling much better. Is His Royal Highness Prince Xuan also nearby?"

"That's right, I'm here to inspect the army today." He paused for a moment, then pointed to the forest behind Zhuangzi and asked, "Is this the Xue family's?"

Xue Qingyin nodded.

"I heard there is a horse farm on the mountain..."

"Yes."

"There is no horse racing here, and the brothers in the army are all panicking. If there is a horse racing farm nearby, it would be the best! If it is convenient, Miss Xue will send someone to take us up to have a look..."

The middle-aged man standing aside just wanted to agree immediately.

What an honor it is when the Xuanwu Army comes to borrow the horse farm!

If these guys can be coaxed, then the previous mistakes will naturally be wiped out, right?

"Do you want to come every day?" Xue Qingyin's voice sounded.

"If it is wide enough, it will come naturally every day."

"Then how much money will you give me?"

Jin Xiang:!

Everyone in Zhuangzi:! !

They almost passed out.

How dare you ask His Highness King Xuan for money?

The young general was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly said: "I don't have much experience in this, why don't you give me a price, Miss Xue?"

Xue Qingyin also has little experience.

She only vaguely remembered that in the Song Dynasty, one hundred Wen could be exchanged for about one bucket of rice, and one tael of silver was equivalent to almost two thousand Wen.

So she yelled out a random price: "Five hundred taels."

More or less?

Xue Qingyin turned to look at the expressions of the others.

Okay.

All of them were stunned, with ugly faces and sweating profusely.

OK, she got it...

She shouted too much.

How did Xue Qingyin know that for other people, she shouldn't want a penny!

The young general smiled: "Five hundred taels is not much, but I have to go back and report it."

His Royal Highness King Xuan receives rewards every year and is merciless.

Other princes and nobles at least have seven or eight concubines. On weekdays, buying rouge, gouache, red hairpins and silver rings for their concubines would cost seventy or eighty taels.

Look at them, where is His Highness King Xuan? Not to mention concubines, there is not even a girl who has a common room with her. That money really can’t be spent!